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The cancellation of Friday’s Drentse Acht also has an impact on tomorrow’s Ronde van Drenthe. Normally, the race heads into the forests and tackles the cobbled sections under the tree cover. However, with the snow continuing to fall, the race organisers have decided to pull the cobbled sections from this year’s Ronde van Drenthe. 17 …
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The warm-up to this weekend’s Ronde van Drenthe was called off after around 15km of racing. The Drentse Acht van Westerveld took to the start despite the cold and icy conditions after the snow overnight snow had melted just enough. However, on the start line, the big flakes started to come down again, ultimately leading …
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This year’s Women’s Tour route is now clearer, with 5 stages centred largely on the Midlands. It’s one stage fewer than last year’s race but the race manages to fit some returns to historic Women’s Tour venues. It’s the 9th edition of the race, which was one of the first to offer equal prize money …
Ellen van Dijk today announced that she is expecting her first child in September 2023. The current World Time Trial champion will therefore miss the 2023 season and focus on a return in 2024 ahead of the Olympics. “Benjamin and I are super excited to share the news that we are expecting our first child …
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The Women’s Ronde van Drenthe is a rare men/women double-header race where the women’s race has the greater prestige to the men’s race. It’s also one of the longest running women’s races in the calendar with a whole host of major name winners since its introduction in 2007.
The mid-week Belgian classic GP Oetingen was called off today after the forecasted snow dusted the Flandrian landscape this morning. An initial inspection proved problematic and the race organisation set a time of 11am to decide the race’s future. Although the main roads were beginning to clear, there was still plenty of slush and ice …
The finish of this year’s Strade Bianche saw Lotte Kopecky and Demi Vollering, both of SD Worx, work together to catch Kristen Faulkner and then cross the line within inches of each other. Having dropped Faulkner on the final climb, both riders felt they had a shot at glory. Lotte Kopecky had won Strade Bianche …
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Movistar’s Emma Norsgaard will miss the rest of the 2023 spring classics campaign after breaking her collarbone in yesterday’s Strade Bianche race. The Dane fell in the race and doctors have now confirmed she has suffered the break. Norsgaard will return to Denmark to go under the knife to repair the damage. She’d got the …
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The 2023 Vuelta Femenina has announced which teams will be taking part in the Spanish race this year. Moved from its previous spot in September to the beginning of May, the race has also been renamed from the Ceratizit Challenge to the Vuelta Femenina. The race is trying to position itself as the third grand …
The GP Oetingen is a relatively new one day race, with only 2 previous editions. It is an adapted version of the old Gooik-Geraardsbergen-Gooik race, which covered some of the same roads in the area around the finish of Omloop het Nieuwsblad.